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Reengaging in Agricultural Water Management: Challenges and Options

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Publication date
08/06/2006
Number of Pages
242
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Studies
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Land / Water / Resource Management
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk coping
Commodity:
Crops
Livestock
Fisheries & Aquaculture
Author
Christopher Ward, Salah Darghouth, Gayane Minasyan, Gretel Bambarelli
Organization
World Bank

The overall goal of this report is to give strategic focus to implementation of the agricultural water management (AWM) components of the corporate strategies. Its specific objectives are to set out the changing context of demand and supply for agricultural water; to identify the policy, institutional, and incentive reform options that will accelerate productivity improvements and pro-poor growth; and to articulate priorities for investment in AWM. It is also intended to define the role of the public sector and other stakeholders, and to set out how AWM can be best integrated upstream into water resources management, and downstream as an input provider into the agricultural economy.